大家的GPA都是多少？

robertchu

skypacerzhou, thanks for comments.

I agree with you (not because I had a pretty low GPA :-) that GPA is only important if:

- you are fresh out of college or just have a few (<4) years of W/E,or

- you studied in US college, or

- you GMAT score is so-so

Otherwise, although GPA is still a factor, it's definitely less important that the other factors, such as GMAT, essay, interview, recommendation.

tianwan

Agree with robertchu. At least most of B-schools don't care about GPA of a applicants with more than 4 years working experience at all. No matter the GPA is high or low, who cares? GMAT is much more important, for GMAT indicates one's analytical capability.

But for applicants with less than 4 years working experience, it's another story.

skypacerzhou

A number of factors influence the weight of GPA, they are:
1) the quality of your undergraduate program.

2) The number of years you've graduated from college.

3) Your GMAT and TOEFL score.

4) Whether you've had an graduate education...

GPA is used in combination of other elements such as GMAT, TOEFL or your undergraduate institution to form a whole picture of your scholastic capability to make sure you can survive the academic rigor of the MBA program. As I have said, those elements are mutally complementary to some degree. GMAT is a usually considered a better indicator for academic success because: a) GMAT is a standardized test irrespective of the test-taker's undergraduate backgrounds, b) GMAT mainly test verbal, quantitative and analytical SKILLS that are most critical for academic success in MBA program, so the relevance is higher.

Usually, a good GMAT score plus a satisfactory GPA from a good college will reassure adcome the applicant's academic ability. A good GMAT with a mediocre or below average GPA will raise some concern to the adcome, and in that case, they will usually look into your TOEFL score, your undergraduate academic program quality, and look at your essays and reference to find signs of academic competency. A good GPA, particularly from a college without prestige, plus a bad GMAT(below 670 or around) is hopeless in almost any cases unless you are superstar CEO in a giant company or your father is President Jiang or alike.

navidog

奇怪，大家为什么要比较GPA呢？ 大部分B-school 的transcript的说明中都讲的非常清楚：如果原成绩不是GPA，就不要人为的转为GPA。咱们国内大都是百分制啊！留着原样不就得了？

remembermba

那就比百分制

小壞丁丁

暈，都那麽高。。偶才3

wonderful0928

我才2.86 ，惨惨惨。。。

delphine18

My personal views:

It won't make a big difference between a 3.9 and a 3.7. If 2 persons are on similar level (GMAT, w/e, etc.), the factors count here should be essays and interview.

However, when it comes to a larger GPA gap, say a 3.8 and a 3.1, this might be taken into consideration especially when all others factors are the same.

angelzycat

况且说了,GPA 计算有很多种方法,挑选一种最适合你的, 呵呵.

gonghao

担心啊，GPA低啊～～～但是要是过了30申请就失去了最佳时机，30之前又怕GPA拖后腿，怎么办啊～～～